RSVP – Annual SSEER Workshop August 1st (7/2/2018) - The annual Scientific Support of Environmental Emergency Response (SSEER) workshop will be held on Wednesday, August 1st, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM in the Large Conference Room of the Narragansett Bay Campus. Beverages, snacks, and lunch will be provided. The purpose of the… ...Read more
Dedication of R/V Endeavor Painting to the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (7/2/2018) - You are invited to attend the dedication to the Graduate School of Oceanography of artist Eric Lutes' oil painting of the R/V Endeavor. She represents a tradition of blue water exploration that has been fundamental to GSO since… ...Read more- 2018 CI Senior Fellows Field Trip & Meeting – Thursday, July 19th (6/21/2018) - Have a watershed moment on Wild & Scenic Taunton and Historic Blackstone Rivers! ...Read more
NPS-URI Partnership Report (4/19/2018) - Recently published: Partnership for the Environment: National Park Service contributions to the University of Rhode Island, 2017 Summary. This report summarizes the annual contributions of the National Park Service staff who are duty stationed at… ...Read more
6th Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture: “So Many Estuaries, So Little Time” – Narragansett Bay as a Model for Coastal Systems Under Change (3/7/2018) - Date: Thursday, April 5th at 3:30 PM-5:00PM Location: Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus Reception to follow at 5:00PM in Studio Blue. Guest Speaker Dr. Robinson W. Fulweiler Associate Professor Director of the BU Marine Program Departments… ...Read more
Feb 1 – Climate Response Public Information Session (1/28/2018) - Join us for a panel discussion about sea level rise and increased storm impacts on the town of Warren and information about Warren and Barrington’s selection as a climate change demonstration site. With extensive coastline… ...Read more- Dec 4 – STEEP Center Community Kick-off Meeting (11/30/2017) - The Coastal Institute is pleased to be part of the newly launched URI Superfund Research Program Center—the STEEP Center—led by CI Senior Fellow Rainer Lohmann, who, as you know, is a professor at the Graduate… ...Read more
- Oct. 14-15 Coastal Images: The Work of Eric Lutes (9/27/2017) - Join the Coastal Institute for a special exhibit featuring paintings by artist, native Rhode Islander, and CI Senior Fellow Eric Lutes. The exhibit will feature a large-scale painting of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography… ...Read more
- Environmental Monitoring Workshop Announced (9/15/2017) - Thursday, October 19th, 2017 8:00AM-3:30PM, RIEMC meeting 3:30-4:30PM Coastal Institute Auditorium, Narragansett Bay Campus Join us for a one-day workshop to discuss current monitoring efforts in Narragansett Bay, prioritize gaps that need to… ...Read more
- SSEER Network Invited to Debrief 9/8 (9/6/2017) - High season for Atlantic hurricanes is here. On Friday, September 8, 2017, there will be a quick debrief session for the Scientific Support of Environmental Emergency Response (SSEER) network to attend in person or via… ...Read more
- Summer 2017 Data Carpentry Workshop (4/18/2017) - June 7th & 8th, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM The URI Coastal Institute and rhodyRstats are pleased to announce the 2017 Data Carpentry workshop on June 7th & 8th. Space is limited and registration… ...Read more
- Annual Scientific Support of Environmental Emergency Response (SSEER) workshop (4/15/2017) - --PLEASE NOTE, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. New date to be announced shortly. Large Conference Room of the Narragansett Bay Campus The purpose of the annual SSEER workshop is to share resources and provide training… ...Read more
- The Global Ocean: Racial Geographies and the Oceanic Humanities (4/6/2017) - April 12, 2017, 9:30 to 4:30 pm, URI Multicultural Student Services Center, 74 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881 #globaloceanURI Register Here The Global Ocean: Racial Geographies and the Oceanic Humanities is day-long symposium sponsored by the… ...Read more
Workshop: Research as Fundamental to Excellence in Outreach (2/21/2017) - Workshop for URI Communicators, Researchers, Graduate Students, & Undergraduate Students Thursday, March 23rd, 10am-11:30am URI Bay Campus, Mosby Center Research can be both fascinating and frustrating. Dr. Maury Klein, a URI professor emeritus, offers insight… ...Read more
Adventures in Crafting a Data Science Career (2/15/2017) - Thursday, March 30th 2:00pm - 3:00pm URI Graduate School of Oceanography, Coastal Institute Auditorium, Narragansett Join the University of Rhode Island (URI) Coastal Institute and RhodyRStats on Thursday, March 30th as we kick-off off our “Careers… ...Read more
5th Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture: A 21st century look at the global ocean conveyor belt (1/24/2017) - Date: Thursday, April 13th at 3:30 PM-5:00PM Location: Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus Reception to follow at 5:00PM in Studio Blue. Guest Speaker Dr. Susan Lozier
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences Nicholas… ...Read more
Book Discussion: Rhode Island’s Shellfish Heritage: an Ecological History (1/20/2017) - Join the author Sarah Schumann and Warwick Quahogger John Harvey for a discussion of Rhode Island's Shellfish Heritage: an Ecological History February 8 7 p.m. Warwick Public Library 600 Sandy Lane Warwick, RI Through historical… ...Read more- The Nature Conservancy Global Marine Initiative University of Rhode Island Student Research Award Program 2017 (11/14/2016) - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Rhode Island (URI) announces a small grants program to support scholarly research by graduate students in collaboration with URI faculty sponsors in ocean and estuarine science and… ...Read more
Upcoming lecture (10/4/2016) - Illustrating Science with David Macaulay October 27th 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Talk followed by reception in Studio Blue of the Coastal Institute Building with light refreshments and book signing. Talk will be held at Narragansett… ...Read more- Woven in Time: The Narragansett Salt Pond Preserve (5/22/2016) - Join Us for a Special Screening Woven in Time: The Narragansett Salt Pond Preserve Followed by discussion with filmmaker Marc Leavitt Thursday, May 26th 5:30pm-7:00pm fruit & cookies served prior to screening URI Graduate School of… ...Read more
Fourth Annual Scott Nixon Lecture (4/21/2016) - Getting Rid of Hypoxia in a Warming World Daniel Conley Professor of Biogeochemistry Lund University, Sweden A number of synthesis efforts have documented the world-wide increase in hypoxia across the land-ocean continuum driven by nutrient… ...Read more
Harrington Forum Lecture Series (3/4/2016) - Dr. Robert Cox After Paris: The Communication Challenges of “well below 2ºC” of Climate Warming Presented by the Harrington School of Communication and Media The historic Paris Agreement of December 12, 2015 committed 195 nations… ...Read more
The Nature Conservancy Global Marine Initiative University of Rhode Island Student Research Award Program 2016 (11/10/2015) - The Nature Conservancy at the University of Rhode Island announces a small grants program to support scholarly research by graduate students in collaboration with URI faculty sponsors in ocean and estuarine science and policy. Applicants… ...Read more
Announcing the Class of 2017 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (11/5/2015) - Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program We invite qualified individuals to submit applications to the Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Approximately thirty individuals are selected… ...Read more- Position Available – Specialist, Coastal Institute (10/14/2015) - The University of Rhode Island. Specialist, Coastal Institute. Coordinate the administration and management of outreach programs and grant research initiatives of the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Institute. Responsible for leading a cohesive communication effort… ...Read more
- RI Natural History Survey Forum on Ecological Restoration (4/13/2015) - Tuesday, April 14, 7 p.m. (dessert and fellowship from 6 p.m.) Weaver Auditorium, Coastal Institute Kingston An open discussion featuring: Richard Enser, RIDEM natural heritage biologist (retired) Dr. Laura Meyerson, restoration ecologist at URI, Dept.… ...Read more
- Mount Rushmore Ethnographic Overview and Assessment, Letter of Research Interest (LOI). (4/6/2015) - The NPS Midwest Region Cultural Anthropology program seeks a partner that will be tasked with completing an ethnographic study that will document the historic relationship and contemporary values and beliefs the identified groups have with… ...Read more
- CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER – “Small Fisheries Management in Indonesia” (3/4/2015) - Lecture by Dr. Luky Adrianto Wednesday, March 4 @ 4pm (reception to follow) Weaver Auditorium, Coastal Institute Kingston ...Read more
- CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER – “Ecosystem Restoration in Indonesia” (3/4/2015) - Lecture by Dr. Luky Adrianto, Thursday, March 5 @ 7pm (reception beforehand), Doody Auditorium, Swan Hall ...Read more
- Land and Water Conservation Summit (3/4/2015) - Saturday, March 14, URI Memorial Union (registration required) ...Read more
- Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture (3/4/2015) - "Nitrogen-the good, the bad, and the beautiful", Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, Thursday, March 26 @ 3:30 PM (reception to follow), Coastal Institute Auditorium, Narragansett Bay Campus ...Read more
- RI Flood Mitigation Association Annual Conference, Thurs. April 9 (3/3/2015) - "Learning from the Past, Living in the Present, and Preparing for the Future" (registration required) ...Read more
- Launch of the Updating of the Ocean SAMP, 6 pm, April 16, 2015. (3/2/2015) - Please join Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography / Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant for the official kickoff to update the Rhode Island… ...Read more
- New England Estuarine Research Society Meeting, April 16-18, Bristol, RI (3/2/2015) - ...Read more
- “Sustainable approaches to aquaculture in the context of environmental change” (3/1/2015) - Special session at CERF, November 8-12, 2015, Portland, Oregon. ...Read more
“Water Quality Portal” webinar offered Feb. 18, 2015 at 2pm (ET) (2/6/2015) - ...Read more- 2016 NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Announcement (12/15/2014) - ...Read more
- TNC Global Marine Initiative URI Student Research Award Program 2015 (11/23/2014) - ...Read more
Coastal Institute launches new YouTube page (1/1/2014) - Check out the CI's new YouTube page. ...Read more
2013 Watershed Counts Report Released (1/1/2014) - Watershed Counts reports each year on the status and trends of environmental indicators and assesses management challenges. The 2013 report was presented on Tuesday April 23 at 2:00 PM at the RI State House. A… ...Read more
1st Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture Held (1/1/2014) - Carlos M. Duarte presented the First Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture, "Auditing the Seven Plagues of the Coastal Ecosystems", on April 17, 2013 in the URI Coastal Institute Auditorium on the Narragansett Bay Campus. The… ...Read more
2013 Recreational Fishing Symposium Proceedings Posted (10/16/2013) - On April 2, 2013 the 2013 Southern New England Recreational Symposium was held in Warwick, RI. Documents and presentations from the symposium can be found at http://www.risaa.org/recsym.html. ...Read more
2013 Fluke Symposium Proceedings Posted (10/16/2013) - Proceedings from the Jan. 14, 2013 Rhode Island Commercial Fluke Workshop have been posted at http://www.ci.uri.edu/SpecialEvents/FlukeWorkshopII/. Also included are a summary of the characteristics of a successful Fluke Management Program, as discussed at the symposium,… ...Read more
SSEER Workshop PowerPoints Posted (10/10/2013) - PowerPoint presentations from the August 21, 2012 SSEER (Scientific Support for Environmental Emergency Response) Workshop have been posted at https://web.uri.edu/coastalinstitute/ventures/sseer/. ...Read more
New CESU Application Process in Effect March, 2013 (3/1/2013) - A standard new member application and approval process applicable to all Units is now in effect and can be found at http://www.ci.uri.edu/naccesu/admin_docs/NewMemberApplicationAndApproval_2012.pdf. ...Read more
2012 Fluke Symposium Proceedings Posted (1/16/2012) - Given the importance of the Rhode Island commercial summer flounder (fluke) fishery and its capacity to provide long-term, sustainable harvest opportunities, the University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with the RI Department of Environmental Management… ...Read more
